1. Domestic Policies of the 1960s

2. New Frontier & Congress
JFK’s Campaign Slogan
“There are new frontiers for America to conquer… not frontier on a map, but frontiers of the mind, the will, & the spirit of man”

3. Vice President LBJ is seen as the more experienced & wiser politician while President JFK is the “kid”

4. Kennedy’s Policies New Frontier Successful Domestic Policies
Conservative mood
No clear mandate (authorization to act without Congress)
Successful Domestic Policies
Area Redevelopment Act: help economically distressed regions
Minimum wage up to $1.25/hour

5. Space Race 1961 Soviet’s launch 1st human into space
U.S. astronaut John Glenn followed 1 year later
Man on the moon
“This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon & returning him safely to the earth. No single space project… will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space… But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon… it will be an entire nation”

6. Earl Warren Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Controversial court rulings changed American society
Considered 2nd to John Marshall as the most important chief justice

7. Warren Court Major Decisions
Baker v. Carr
Urban voters required equal protection under 14th Amendment
Westberry v. Sanders & Reynolds v. Sims
Legislative district needed equal populations: “1 person, 1 vote”
Mapp v. Ohio
Search warrants required

8. Warren Court continued
Gideon v. Wainwright
Free lawyers if you can’t afford one
Escobedo v. Illinois
Right to lawyer during questioning
Miranda v. Arizona
“Right to remain silent”
Engel v. Vitale
Banned formal prayer in schools

9. JFK Assassination Dallas, TX Key Figures Key Places
Atmosphere different in South because of Civil Rights
Key Figures
JFK & Jackie
Gov. Connelly & Mrs.
Key Places
Dealey Plaza
Texas Schoolbook Depository Warehouse

10. Things to consider… Problems Events Parade route published
Open-air convertible
Motorcade
Car arrangement
Events
Abraham Zapruder captures on film
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ex-sniper; FBI had a file; Communist associations

12. JFK’s Assassination Gun shots 3rd shot 1st shot missed
2nd shot hit JFK in upper back/neck > exited neck > went through seat to Connelly’s upper shoulder > exited just below chest > into right hand then thigh
3rd shot
Hit JFK in back of head
All 3 shots fired in 7 seconds
Jackie begins to crawl out of car … to collect brain matter
Motorcycle cop rushes to push her back on top of JFK

14. Legacy Nation grieved for loss as much as for hope & potential
Funeral procession on TV with rider-less horse
Most memorable scene = son Jack saluting casket
JFK became larger than life

15. Who did it?? Oswald & Ruby Warren Commission
Oswald kills another cop when pulled over
Oswald arrested, killed by nightclub owner Jack Ruby
Warren Commission
Investigation by Earl Warren
Concluded that Oswald acted alone despite “shady” characteristics

17. Hmm… Coincidence? Lincoln Kennedy Elected to Congress in 1846
Elected President in 1860
Secretary named Kennedy
Andrew Johnson born in 1808
John Wilkes Booth born in 1839
Shot in a theater named ‘Ford’
Booth ran from the theater & was caught in a warehouse
Kennedy
Elected to Congress in 1946
Elected President in 1960
Secretary named Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson born in 1908
Lee Harvey Oswald born in 1939
Shot in a car called ‘Lincoln’ (made by Ford)
Oswald ran from a warehouse & was caught in a theater

18. Connections continued…
Both men…
Have last names with 7 letters
Were concerned with civil rights
Their wives lost children while living in the White House
Shot on a Friday
Shot in the head
Assassinated by Southerners
Succeeded by Southerners… (both named Johnson)
Both assassins were known by 3 names & total 15 letters
Booth & Oswald were assassinated before their trials